About Loda Village

Loda is a small village in Tharali tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 175, made up of 80 males and 95 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,188 females per 1000 males. The village covers 49.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246482, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Loda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Loda village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Tharali
Pincode	246482
Area (hectares)	49.6 hectares
Population	175
Male Population	80
Female Population	95
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,188
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Loda compares

By the 2011 count Loda is the 162nd largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 282 residents. Its 49.6 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1152.

Getting to Loda

Loda is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Loda as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Loda from other places

Loda lies about 13 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 104 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Loda
District headquarters	Chamoli	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tharali	28 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	59 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	104 km

Villages closest to Loda

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tharali tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Loda

As per the Census of India 2011, Loda village had a population of 175. That makes it the 162nd largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 282 residents.

Loda village has 80 males and 95 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Loda has about 1188 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1152.

The pincode recorded for Loda is 246482. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Loda covers 49.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Loda falls under Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Loda is Kotdwara, about 104 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Loda.

Loda is about 13 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Loda is in Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district. Chamoli is about 13 km away. Tharali is about 28 km away. Srīnagar is about 59 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.